Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.

The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another.

Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.